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🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The vallum and a British settlement between the field boundary west of turret 37a & the road to Steel Rigg car park, in wall miles 37, 38 & 39

Archaeology - Ancient Rome United Kingdom

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🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia: Hurez - Dealul Prislop 5

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Romania

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🏛️ Roman Amphitheatre: Zagarolo

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Italy

The Roman Amphitheatre at Zagarolo is an archaeological site in the Castelli Romani hills that preserves the structural remains of a provincial entert…

🏖️ Cala Pulcino

Beaches & Water Italy

Cala Pulcino is a secluded cove on the southern coast of Lampedusa, Italy, that offers a quieter alternative to more developed beaches on the island. …

🏛️ House of the Bakery (Pompeii)

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Italy

The House of the Bakery is a Roman domestic and commercial structure in Region VII of Pompeii that combines residential quarters with an operational b…

🏛️ Routes of Santiago de Compostela – Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain: Eglise et Monastère de San Salvador

Transportation & Infrastructure Spain

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⛪ St. Michael and All Angels Church

Arts, Design & Architecture United Kingdom

St. Michael and All Angels Church is an Anglican parish church in Hughenden Valley, Buckinghamshire, that evolved from a medieval foundation into a Vi…

🏞️ The Fairy Glen (Betws-y-Coed)

Parks, Hills & Mountains United Kingdom

The Fairy Glen is a woodland gorge in Betws-y-Coed in the Conwy Valley of North Wales that features a cascading waterfall and natural pool surrounded …

🥾 Stockholm Archipelago Trail: Rånö Section

Roads Bridges Trails & Transportation Sweden

The Stockholm Archipelago Trail: Rånö Section is a long-distance hiking route in Sweden's 30,000-island archipelago that traverses granite skerries an…

❄️ How a climate crisis helped shape Norse mythology

Climate Change & Environmental Sweden

The relationship between climate change and mythology in Viking-era Scandinavia is a subject of ongoing archaeological study in Sweden. Recent analysi…

🌊 How a storm revealed a Welsh kingdom

Curiosities United Kingdom

Cantre'r Gwaelod is a legendary submerged kingdom said to have existed in what is now Cardigan Bay off the coast of Wales. The name translates to "The…

🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57

Archaeology - Ancient Rome United Kingdom

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🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Cueva de Doña Clotilde

Archaeology & Antiquity Spain

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🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia: Boița - Caput Stenarum / În Rude

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Romania

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🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Camino de la Cova Plana II

Archaeology & Antiquity Spain

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🚂 Glacier Express: Zermatt

Transportation & Infrastructure Switzerland

The Glacier Express is a scenic passenger railway in Switzerland that connects Zermatt and St. Moritz across the Swiss Alps, operating year-round with…

🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Concejal II

Archaeology & Antiquity Spain

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♻️ Waste House

Arts & Architecture United Kingdom

Waste House is a functioning office and teaching building in Brighton that demonstrates the structural and aesthetic viability of construction from di…

🏺 Via Appia. Regina Viarum: The Via Appia in Fundi

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Italy

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🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia: Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Romania

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🎖️ Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument

Museums & Memorials France

Pointe du Hoc is a clifftop memorial in Normandy, France, that commemorates the American Second Ranger Battalion's assault during the D-Day landings o…

⛏️ Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region: Jáchymov Mining Landscape

Industry & Craft Czechia

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🏛️ Dolmen de la Pastora

Archaeology & Antiquity Spain

Dolmen de la Pastora is a Chalcolithic passage grave located in Valencina de la Concepción, Seville province, in Andalusia, that represents one of the…

📚 Keats House

Arts, Design & Architecture United Kingdom

Keats House is a literary museum in Hampstead, London, that preserves the Regency villa where Romantic poet John Keats lived from 1818 to 1820 during …

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